MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH182 : Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 356 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | IUCN Red List - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Scrophulariaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Hairy Slitwort; Fringed Lindernia, Fringed False Pimpernel, Kihom Man | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Gratiola ciliata Colsmann Bonnaya brachiataLink & Otto Gratiola serrata Roxburgh Ilysanthes serrata (Roxburgh) Urban Vandellia ciliata (Colsmann) T. Yamazaki. |
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| Description : | Annuals, to 20 cm tall. Stems erect or diffuse, much branched; branches decumbent, sometimes rooting from last node. Leaves sessile or short petiolate; leaf blade oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 0.7-4.5 X 0.3-1.2 cm, glabrous, base amplexicaul, margin densely aristate-serrate, apex acute to obtuse. Racemes terminal; bracts lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as pedicels. Calyx ca. 5 mm, lobed to base; lobes narrowly lanceolate, with a spinelike tip. Corolla light purple or white, ca. 7 mm; tube to 4.5 mm; lower lip almost as long as upper lip, often unequally 3-lobed, middle lobe larger than other lobes; upper lip ovate; lobe apices rounded. Fertile stamens 2, posterior; reduced stamens 2, anterior, forming prominent plaits on base of lower lip. Style as long as fertile stamens. Capsule cylindric, ca. 3 X as long as persistent calyx, apex mucronate. Seeds irregularly triangular. Fl. and fr. summer-winter. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The sap from the crushed leaves is given after childbirth. In Taiwan, the plant is considered an effective cure for menorrhagia. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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